Modern Soviet/Russian Military        Afghanistan's Unknown War: Memoirs of Russian War Veterans1 review Megapolis Pub Co, 2001 afgantsi memoirs This short compilation of memoirs was published from the Karta Journal web site for Russian war veterans. The contributors include officers of the Spetznaz and air forces, and professional mercenaries. Basically, these are standard Soviet war memoirs: fairly impersonal accounts of battles, ...             The Soviet Air Force at War: The Epic of Flight1 review Russell Miller, Time-Life Books Time Life Education, 1983 A handsome 20-year-old This is one of the volumes of Time-Life's splendid series "Epic of Flight". Like all of Time-Life's publications, the book itself is handsome and inviting. It features an attractive, embossed cover, quality paper, and scores of illustrations. Some are in color: reproductions of patriotic ...             100 Days Before the Command10 reviews Vladimir Zamansky, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Water Bearer Films, 2000 Naked Boyhood At It's Best. + A documentary snapshot of Russian military life + Male Nudity in all Honesty and Naturalness If you're fed up with typical American prudishness concerning the body, and are tired of "American pie" films this movie is for you. Though in many aspects this film is surreal without a plot, you get to delve into the world of Russian army soldiers who are relaxed and comfortable with gang ...             The Soldiers' Story: Soviet Veterans Remember the Afghan War (Research Series (University of California, ...1 review Anna Heinamaa, Maija Leppanen, ... Univ of California Intl &, 1994 A Series of Revealing Vignettes With recent world events, I thought this book might prove interesting. Some have even taken to looking at the Soviet experience in Afghanistan in a new light--casting them as protagonists. This book contains about a dozen personal accounts from Russian soldiers who served in Afghanistan during ...             Russian Style of Hand-To-Hand Combat2 reviews Inc. Aarmacs Authorhouse, 2001 excellent introduction + Basic theory and history I liked this book. I have been practicing ROSS for a while and found it to be informative. Also it helped me finally get a sense of the flavor of the lineage before certain branches took roots of their own and started speaking in tongues.             Prisoner of the Mountains35 reviews Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr. MGM (Video & DVD), 2000 Appreciation + Tovarich + A Tragic and Triumpante Forgien Film! + Compelling view of the Russian war in Chechnya during the 90s + An unlikely war film             K-19 THE WIDOWMAKER: The Secret Story of The Soviet Nuclear Submarine17 reviews Peter Capt Ret Huchthausen National Geographic, 2002 Recommended + The hidden side of the Russian navy + "These are good weapons we're building,comrades!" This book gives you the real story behind the dramatization presented in the motion picture: K-19: The Widowmaker. More than just a companion piece, the book provides passages from a diary maintained by the captain of K-19, extensive research materials on the incident itself as well as the Cold War ...             Kursk Down: The Shocking True Story of the Sinking of a Russian Nuclear Submarine6 reviews Clyde Burleson Grand Central Publishing, 2002 Two Explosions In The Barents Sea And ... + Great coverage of a tragic story When a state of the art Russian submarine designed to hunt aircraft carriers explodes and sinks during a naval exercise, many questions are raised. The author, Clyde Burleson, does a very good job of addressing those questions and shedding light on this gigantic misshap that cost the lives of the ...             Kolya60 reviews Zdenek Sverák, Andrei Chalimon Walt Disney Video, 1998 Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure + Go Louka... + Charming In Substantive Way (not cute or silly) + Kolya             Zinky Boys7 reviews S. Alexievich Random House of Canada, Limited, 1992 Afgantsi Vets are Not Fonda Sveta" + A touching, honest oral history of the Afghan war through Soviet eyes + A graphic compilation of oral histories of the Soviet War in Afghanistan + I Beg To Differ + Good Study For Comparative Purposes             Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story53 reviews Vladislav Tamarov Ten Speed Press, 2001 a must for anyone interested in Afghan military history + U.S. Afghanistan Veteran Can Relate + Russian dispatches from Afghanistan. + Afghanistan + The Real Thing             Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 00711 reviews Michel Brun Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995 post Cold War declassification + U.S. Warmongering Gets A Black Eye Only a year ago, I watched a History Channel presentation of the "official" story of KAL 007, whose flight-number designation seemed so cruelly appropriate. Shortly thereafter I was recommended "Incident at Sakhalin" by a person who had been heavily involved in US Cold War strategies of the ...             Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet & Russian Airborne Forces, 1930-19952 reviews Steven J. Zaloga Diane Pub Co, 1995 Zaloga is the Russian BMD expert! + Not bad, but dated now. The greatest contribution Mr. Zaloga makes is how he has stayed on top of the developments of the Russian Airborne's unique 8-ton BMD family of Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) which have kneeling landing gear to better fit inside fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. As he and David Glantz (refer to ...             Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism17 reviews John K. Cooley Pluto Press (UK), 2000 Excellent reportage on the dark side of U.S policy + Like a textbook - comprehensive and factual + John K. Cooley is brilliant ! This book discloses the historical facts behind the rumors that the CIA did train people like Osama bin Laden as Muslim rebels to fight off the Soviets in Afghanistan in the late seventies and eighties. Well apparently it is all true. Given the author in depth research and documentation, this ...             Hostile Waters35 reviews Peter Huchthuasen, Igor Kurdin, ... St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998 Intense! + innacurate research? + "The Hunt for Red October" only true An explosion on a Russian nuclear submarine carrying fifteen rockets with thirty thermonuclear warheads too close to the shores of the United States could have the worst of consequences despite the valiant struggles of the sub's captain and crew. The action in this true story is nonstop as the ...             The Russian Elite: Inside Spetsnaz and the Airborne Forces2 reviews Carey Schofield Greenhill Pr, 1993 Excellent account + A good but now somehow dated source This is a follow up to Ms. Schofield's previous book, _Inside the Soviet Military_, which is also highly recommended. The author now focuses solely on the elite Soviet Airborne (the Blue Berets) and the Spetsnaz forces. A brief history of the Red Army's paratroopers (the world's first) is given, ...             K-19 - The Widowmaker145 reviews Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell New Films International, 2003 great real life drama + He turned himself into a hero!! + A superior submarine movie - sad and elegiac rather than triumphant I do not understand the morons that say that the movie does not have enough drama, hey folks "wake-up" "grow-up", this is a real life movie not a fantasy movie about Spiderman. The plot is great,the scenes are shot amazingly well, my prizes to the director, the actors were great too...I certainly ...             October Fury13 reviews Peter Huchthausen Wiley, 2002 Great Read. a little biased + very well researched and written book! + Submarine Down AN excellent book to read, I really enjoyed reading what the Russian sailors had to tolerate and I am glad that part of our history is over. This book does a reasonably good job, in revisiting the Cuban crisis. Most definitely not a Tom Clancy book, but a good read never the less. It would ...             Afghanistan: Soviet Vietnam53 reviews Vladislav Tamarov Mercury House, 1992 a must for anyone interested in Afghan military history + U.S. Afghanistan Veteran Can Relate + Russian dispatches from Afghanistan. + Afghanistan + The Real Thing             The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan23 reviews Artyom Borovik Grove Press, 2001 Very easy to read, and strikingly similiar to Vietnam War + good book. + 2 books and completely different views on the war + Russia's Vietnam. + Personal reflections              Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Disciples Are Made - Not Born home  impressum - about us